Railrdad-crossing



A. IVI. RITCHEY.

RAILROAD CROSSING.

APPLlcATIoN man 1AN.20, m2o.

.I 1 ,401 1 9 -1 Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

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A. M. RITCHEY.

RAILROAD CROSSING.

MPLICAHON min IAN.

Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

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track l.' et e' right angle, it may c'oss at ifei'ious angles. However,the barriers Ll are el# ways jleoed .parallel to the track l., so thatthe pesseggfe'e '5 and Y on each side o1 the 'track will eleohe'peifellel 'with the track 1 eo that the Vehiel'e in' its passage throughthe passages 6 7 will he pointed up the track at .one tmeeiid. down thetrack another.` `When 'the 'vehicle-if; approaching from the oppositecllifeetion 1t follows the arrows al and posses through passages 6 enelin e, sumlor manner es tht eet forth above.

The invention having' been eet forth what is claimed .new zuid usefuls:-

A allyoed erossmg c :ompnsing e road crossing a railroad at an angle,said road letion to the railroad track the parallel setl tion adjacentther ailiood track being spaced assume positions in its course to therailroad track So that the operator will have ai clear ,View up and downthe truck, the parallel Section adjacent the track being 5pm-of! 'fromthe track allowing1 the operator to stop the vehicle if a train isapproaching at :i point spaced from the track, vseid parallel sectionsof the'roed being separated 'from each other h'y e relatively narrowbarrier thereby Caueihg vehicles to quickly eseume positions in theparallel sections.

ln testimony 'whereof l have signed my name to this specification in thev[ resehce of two subscribing witnesses.

ANDREW M. RITGl-IEY. lllitnesses l). E. Ri'ioHicY, L. E. ABSHIRE.

